Attalla vs Glencoe

A side-by-side comparison of Attalla and Glencoe: population, income, housing, and more.

Attalla and Glencoe are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Attalla has the higher population (5,829 vs 5,356 in Glencoe). Glencoe has the higher median household income ($66,050 vs $55,429 in Attalla). Glencoe has the higher median home value ($203,200 vs $120,400 in Attalla).

Population, income & housing

	Attalla	Glencoe
Population	5,829	5,356
Median age	48.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,429	$66,050
Median home value	$120,400	$203,200
Median gross rent	$617	$638
Housing units	2,995	2,294
Homeownership rate	77.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attalla	Glencoe
Population	5,836 → 5,829 (-0.1%)	5,077 → 5,356 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$39,247 → $55,429 (+41.2%)	$60,290 → $66,050 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $120,400 (+66.8%)	$154,500 → $203,200 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $617 (+13.8%)	$556 → $638 (+14.7%)

Attalla

Population

5,8365,829

Median household income

$39,247$55,429

Median home value

$72,200$120,400

Median gross rent

$542$617

Glencoe

Population

5,0775,356

Median household income

$60,290$66,050

Median home value

$154,500$203,200

Median gross rent

$556$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attalla	Glencoe
Under 5	4.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	18.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	12.9%
75 and over	6.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attalla	Glencoe
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	92.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attalla	Glencoe
No high school diploma	14.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attalla	Glencoe
Drove alone	95.2%	86.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attalla	Glencoe
1-unit, detached	82.4%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Attalla	Glencoe
Poverty rate	15.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1964	1980